Quotes
Noah yells this dangerous threat to Allie while dangling from a Ferris wheel to force her to go out with him.
"Will you go out with me?"
Noah buys this specific historic plantation estate on Windsor Point, which later becomes the home he restores.
What is the Windsor Plantation? Accept: The Calhoun Plantation/Estate
During their summer romance, Noah famously teaches a terrified Allie how to safely do this activity in the middle of a street intersection at night.
lie down
After being separated at the end of summer, Noah writes to Allie once a day for this exact duration of time.
one year
Because Allie suffers from severe Alzheimer's disease, Duke reads to her every day from this specific bound object to help her remember.
the notebook
Allie screams this iconic four-word question at Noah in the pouring rain after discovering he wrote to her for a year.
"Why didn't you write me?" Also accept: "It wasn't over for me!"
Noah is finally able to purchase the plantation because his father, Frank, makes the ultimate sacrifice and does this to finance the dream.
sells his own house
In downtown Seabrook, Noah and Allie share an impromptu, music-free slow dance right in the middle of the street to this Billie Holiday jazz standard.
"I'll Be Seeing You"
This specific character intercepts and hides all 365 letters to prevent Allie from ever receiving them.
her mother, Anne Hamilton
When Allie suffers a terrifying panic attack after forgetting who Duke is, the nursing home staff is forced to inject her with this specific type of medication to calm her down.
a sedative
When choosing between Noah and Lon, Allie tells her mother, "Noah and I fight, we always fight," but Noah adds that they do this right after.
"make up"
In addition to the blue shutters and painting room, Allie requests this specific feature that must wrap around the entire house so they can drink tea and watch the sun go down
a big old porch or a wraparound porch
Before meeting Lon, Allie playfully tells Noah that she thinks she might have been this type of creature in a past life.
a bird
When Allie confronts Noah in the rain, she tearfully tells him that she waited this exact number of years for him before giving up.
seven years
At the very end of the movie, the nursing home staff enters the room in the morning to find that Noah and Allie have tragically and beautifully passed away while doing this action.
holding hands
Noah tells Allie that their love can do anything they want it to, prompting her to ask him to do this specific action to her.
"Do you think our love can take us away together?" Accept: "Take me away."
Noah tells Allie he wants to buy and restore this specific color of house for her.
a white house with blue shutters
While working at his grueling shipyard job in Charleston, Noah earns this incredibly low hourly wage, which he saves up to buy the Windsor estate.
40 cents
Though Noah wrote 365 letters, Allie actually wrote this specific number of letters to Noah that she never sent because she thought he forgot her.
12
On the very first page of the notebook, Allie wrote a message to Noah that gives him permission to read to her, asking him to do this specific action.
"Read this to me, and I'll come back to you"
Duke reads a written passage from the notebook stating, "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us ___ ___ ___."
"reach for more"
In the movie, Noah mentions that this grand but dilapidated house was originally built in this specific 18th-century year.
1772
Allie's mother completely controls her summer schedule, packing her days with French, piano, tennis, and tutoring in these two academic subjects.
Latin and Math
In Noah's final letter, he tells Allie that their bond "awakens the soul and makes us reach for more," famously defining it as this specific type of love.
"the best love"
This is the name of the beautiful, upscale nursing home facility where elderly Noah and Allie reside together.
Creekside